| A | B |
| behemoth | something enormous in size or power |
| brackish | having a salty or briny flavor; unpleasant tasting |
| cacophonous | having a harsh unpleasant sound; discordant |
| congeal | to change from fluid to solid; to curdle; to coagulate |
| depraved | corrupt, wicked, perverted, licentious, evil |
| donnybrook | wild fight, contentious dispute, brawl |
| eerie | weird and uncanny, inspiring superstitious fear |
| frenetic | wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied |
| incendiary | used to start a fire; inflammatory; tending to inflame |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand; trickery; deception; any artful trick |
| luminous | radiating or reflecting light; shining; brilliant intellectually |
| mendacious | liar, habitually dishonest |
| quaver | to shake, tremble (often refers to speech) |
| sordid | wretchedly poor, run-down, mean (as in base), selfish |
| wane | to lose size, strength, or power |